I hear ya. I'm the opposite. More in control w a totally vertical body with feet together. I see most have a slight bend in the knee and feet crossed behind them. This is what I was saying about form and the differences. From a more technical standpoint the feet and legs should be together w no knee bend or crossing of the feet. Think of it as if a gymnast was performing a strict pull-up. They call it the hollow body position as that would be the most stable/efficient position. I'd argue the swaying comes from lack of "staying tight" thru the whole movement or of course too much momentum which again goes back to maintaining a consistent tempo and not pulling too aggressively or lowering out of control. But whatever works as long as it doesn't hurt. Lol.
Since you are doing a low-volume routine, I assume you do a fully body workout rather than a split. Out of curiosity, how many times a week do you work out?
crossfit bumper plates make everyone an Olympian. like five times thicker ..head game they play 130lb females deadlifting 5inch plates, 50% rubber what, you gotta drop the weight...big boom! everyone looks?oh, wow you raised it, quietly can't you lower it quietly too?
Actually decided to throw back in some rest pause just because I enjoy it. So I'm doing upper, lower/abs, rest, upper, lower/abs, weekend off. Lift and cardio same day. I used to do full body 3x per week. Upper is chins, dips, rows, incline press. Lower is squats, deadlifts, calf raises, some type of ab exercise. I also run before I lift which is backwards but I do that so I purposely can't lift a heavier weight. I have joint issues so this makes a lighter weight more challenging. Plus I hate doing cardio so it gets it out of the way. I'm too lazy after lifting. The runs I alternate between a steady state run and hill sprint intervals each only lasting 15 minutes.
Oh, so an upper/lower 4-day-a-week split. Okay. I also did 3 full body workouts a week when I began meaningfully reducing my volume about 3.5 years ago, but I went to only twice a week at the beginning of this year. I'm no worse for wear. That third workout now appears to have been superfluous. (And, at full intensity, possibly detrimental for recovery?) Yes, I dislike conventional cardio as well. When I used to do higher volume, I would follow my workout with 30 minutes of fast walking on a treadmill at maximum incline (15 degrees). It was my least favorite part of the workout. Presently, I continue to do cardio at the end of my resistance routine, but it only lasts about 8 minutes. First I do 200 bodyweight squats with speed intervals: 25 at a brisk pace followed by 25 at maximum speed followed by 25 at a brisk pace and so on. Without rest, I then do 2 fairly intense ab exercises, immediately one after the other. That's it; that's my cardio. I'm no less lean than when I was doing conventional cardio, I'm not eating less and my health profile hasn't changed for the worse. As an aside, I initially began doing 250 and then 300 bodyweight squats after RT, which I would then augment with 500 or 600 on a weekend day, but it began to get taxing. Not at first, but eventually. In any event, I seem to be no worse off with my current abbreviated regimen. I see that you also don't do any direct arm work. And in my case as well, calf raises are the only isolation exercise I do. Great minds and all that, eh?
I've done similar types of cardio. Moreso with burpees. I run essentially bc I consider it a skill and I do play some rec sports. If I stop running for an extended period it sucks starting back up again so I just have kept it in. Dips and chins are generally enough for my arms. If I was to add curls, a close grip bench or whatever my arms wouldn't be any bigger anyways. I lift for my bones, muscles, ligaments etc, I run for my heart and lungs, and I eat based on how I want to look. If I was to "bulk or cut" my training wouldn't change at all.
But you're such a value-add! Hey guys, jimmie is gone, but he'd tell ya all to hit your Nautilus ab/adductor machine hard!
a huge difference between generating tension about a joint, (which is actually measurable)and gaming a barbell. the former about real strength, the latter practice and skill, and smoke and mirror, and the big boom nuf said